Riverdale Olivia Jones holds the Division 1 Class AAA Girl's State Basketball Championship trophey after the game against Science Hill. Final score was Riverdale 78 and Science Hill 69.

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Television viewers statewide wanting to watch the nation's top high school girls basketball team win its third TSSAA state championship in four years instead were treated to a show on knitting Saturday afternoon.

TSSAA Executive Director Bernard Childress said technical difficulties out of the high school association's control kept top-ranked Riverdale's 78-69 win over second-ranked Science Hill from airing on public broadcasting stations statewide.

"The only thing we know is that there was a problem with the boom truck - the satellite truck," Childress said. "They couldn't pick up ...